PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER EB-CSDA


Table 1 revealed that 56.35% of beneficiaries had household size of 6-15 members, 55.36% had at least secondary school household size has social and economic.
            Implications to household demands and determine the poverty level of a population (Dauda 2002) thus the larger the household membership, the higher the demands and higher the propensity to poverty. In terms of occupation, 46.43% were either part time or full-time farmers, while 53.57% were either traders, civil servants or artisans. In addition majority (82.14%) beneficiaries reported their estimated annual saving income of N10,000- N 40,000.
Only 17.85% reported estimated annual income of either N 41,000- N 61,000 or above.  

 
Variable
Frequency
%
Sex


Male
68
60.71
Female
44
39.29
Marital status 


Single
32
27.59
Married
68
58.63
Divorced
10
8.62
Widowed
6
5.17
Mean age (yrs)


Young (25)
48
40.68
Middle (40)
53
44.91
Old      (55)
10
8.147
Mean household size


Small (3)
342
29.10
Medium (8)
42
38.18
Large(13)
20
18.18
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL


Non formal Education
8
7.14
Primary
26
23.21
WASC/SSCE/GCE
30
26.79
OND/ NCE
32
28.57
HND/BA/BED/B.Sc
12
18.71
Occupation


Part –time farming
28
25
Full time farming
24
21.43
Trading
18
16.07
Civil servant
28
25
Artisan
14
12.5
Annual savings income


10,000-20,00
52
46.43
21000-30,000
26
23.21
31000-40,000
14
12.5
41000-600000
12
10.71
61000 and above
8
7.14
Source: field survey.
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